As much warning: in the event that the problems of access to the servers start again, this decision remains reversible. Similarly, the free trial period, which guarantees access to the base game and its first expansion, will continue after checking the stability of the server for a while longer.
On the server side, we note that a data center for Oceania will open on January 25, to add five new gateways – transfer fees will be waived for players in the region to encourage them to migrate . As a result, transfer service will resume worldwide, allowing players to move to another world from January 26. On the other hand, it will be necessary to wait for a later update to transit from one data center and from one region of the globe to another.
Shortage of components obliges, the arrival of new data center for the main regions of the game is likely to take some time: Japan will receive a new data center in July 2022, the American continent will benefit from a two-phase server expansion from August 2022, while Europe will also benefit from a major two-phase server expansion starting in July 2022.
“Once again, I would like to apologize for the delays in server expansion caused by the global shortage of semiconductors. Another inconvenience that may be unavoidable for some players is the need for communities to split up due to the consolidation of worlds, and we ask for your understanding as we work to mitigate this issue.“, Yoshida concludes.”Despite these challenges, we believe that expanding servers is an important step in providing players with the best possible gaming experience in FFXIV. Server hardening work will continue until 2023 and will require a lot of financial and human resources, but we will do our best to ensure that this work does not have a negative impact on your gaming experience.